Music
The school also has an award winning orchestra, whose conductor is Paul Rapi. Greenhill Orchestra has won the National Urdd Competition and got to the Music for Youth finals on a few occasions, and in July 2009 they came joint first. Orchestra tours are run every other year, the last one in 2011 was to Spain. Concerts are held three times a year and are well attended. Apart from the orchestra the school also has a windband, Jazz band and symphony orchestra that perform in concerts also. The school also benefits from county council music teachers who teach a range of musical instruments. Steffan Ciccoti an ex-member and came 3rd in the 2009 young musician of Wales.
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